Reply #173: For one, "hope" and "change" are vague, undefinable terms in politics. [View All]

[Starbucks Anarchist]

And the public option, though not perfect at the moment, looks likely to pass.

As for jobs, he's doing what he can, even though the results could obviously be better. Then again, he does have to clean up the mess from eight years of the worst president ever, so I do cut him some slack.

We have to remember that he is the president, not a dictator. He can't rule by decree. And considering he hasn't even been in office for a year, nobody should be expecting miracles here. It's as if people (not necessarily you) voted for Obama while thinking he was Kucinich. That is dangerous and ill-informed thinking.